Self Esteem is how we feel about ourselves. It is a feeling which comes from awareness of what is good and having done it

An internal sense of individuality and wholeness. Who are you?

Name, gender, race, religion, occupation, role, so much more

Begins during childhood as parents provide role models

Continues during adolescence as teens establish own identity

The emotional appraisal of self-concept.

How do you regard yourself?

Feel about self?

Sense of worth or value??

This appraisal is an on-going process so…levels of self-esteem can change.

What do you think you look like physically?

What do you think about your appearance?

Body image is dynamic: the body changes thru normal growth and development.

Cultural and societal attitudes affect body image

What is your role?

What are the expected behaviors you perform?

Who do you want to be?

What do you want your role to be?

Influences our performance at work, society, home, academic institutes in our life.

Leads to a happy, gratifying and purposeful life.

Gives us internal drive.

Have life with optimis, better relationship and fulfilling lives.

Makes the people highly motivated, ambitious, sensitive and open to challenges as well as opportunities.

Gives and receives criticism and compliments, tactfully as with ease.

So, Self-esteem is a feeling that comes from the awarness of what is good and having done it.

Self-concept – your overall attitude about yourself

Also called:◦ Self-esteem◦ Self-image

Self-concept includes perceptions about several aspects of oneself

Self-concept : self image

Each individual is unique with own self-concept

View of self affects one’s ability to function

Health status: illness, injury, body change, loss of control, dependency on others

Role stressors; overload, strained, feelings of inadequacy

Developmental transitions – aging in our culture

Personal “success” or failure history

Crisis and/or life events: personal and/or global

Internal and external resources

Individual perception of crisis

Builds strong conviction

Creates willingness to accept responsibility

Builds optimistic attitudes

Leads to better relationship and fulfilling lives

Develops a caring attitude and makes a person more sensitive to other’s needs

Makes a person self-motivated and ambitious

Makes a person open to new opportunities and challenges

Improves performance and increases risk-taking ability

Helps a person positive to criticism and compliments easily and tactfully

Prefers loss of business to loss of credibility (priority to credibility)

High Self-Esteem Talk about idea Caring attitude Humility Respects authority Confidence Concerned about character Assertive Accepts responsibility Self-interest Optimistic Sensitive Soltitude Discuss Guided Discipline

Low Self-Esteem Talk about people Critical attitude Arrogance Rebels against authority Confusion Concerned about reputation Aggressive Blames the whole world Selfish Fatalistic Touchy Lonely Argue Misguided Distorted sense of freedom